French Classic Best |link|: Maitresse Pour Couple 1980

Love that is irrational, obsessive, and often leads to ruin. Bourgeois Boredom:

Maitresse pour Couple sits perfectly on this cusp. It has the lush, grainy film stock of a 70s arthouse movie, but the narrative courage of the 80s hardcore wave. Director Patrick Aubriac (a pseudonym for a now-deceased New Wave assistant director) shot the film with natural lighting and long, unbroken takes. The result is a documentary-like intimacy that feels transgressive even today. maitresse pour couple 1980 french classic best

: The film suggests that in trying to "save" their marriage with a third party, the couple is actually consuming the mistress to fill their own voids. The Neon Aesthetic : Influenced by the Cinéma du look Love that is irrational, obsessive, and often leads to ruin